Blog
Since 2013, I’ve published hundreds of blog posts on all aspects of photography. Some are aimed at helping photographers with camera gear, settings and technique while others describe my workshops, exhibitions and adventures in Africa, Antarctica and beyond.
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How to Upscale Low-Resolution Wildlife Photos with AI
Every wildlife photographer has a shot like this one sitting somewhere on a hard drive: a leopard whose face fills maybe a fifth of the frame, because the cat never came closer than eighty metres, and by the time you've cropped in tight at the editing stage, what's left is a grainy sliver of the file you started with. The old fix was to accept the loss, or pay someone to rebuild the missing detail by hand, which took time nobody really had.
How to Reduce Noise in Bird Photos: Three Methods Tested
Bird photography often means working with less-than-ideal light and demanding camera settings. You may need a fast shutter speed to freeze a bird in motion, a long telephoto lens to reach a distant subject and a high ISO when shooting at dawn, on cloudy days or under the cover of trees.
Photo Restoration AI: Why the "Dead Photo" Era Is Officially Over
There is a cardboard box sitting in someone's attic right now. Inside it are hundreds of faded 4x6 prints, water-damaged polaroids, and a few rolls of undeveloped film from the late 1970s. For decades, that box was a graveyard of memories. You could look at the photos, sure, but the faces were soft, the colours had shifted to a sickly yellow, and the details were gone forever.
The Future of Photo Editing: How AI Transforms Post-Processing
Photography has always been about more than pressing the shutter. From the darkroom practices of the early 20th century to the digital workflows of today, post-processing has defined how images are refined, perfected, and shared. Now, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) advancing at a remarkable speed, photo editing is entering a new era. AI promises not only to automate technical corrections but also to fundamentally reshape creativity, accessibility, and authenticity in photography.
XbotGo Chameleon Review
I normally don’t review any product that doesn’t have at least a six-word name, so I had to think very carefully before writing about the XbotGo Chameleon AI Sports Cameraman! And just to be clear, it’s not actually a ‘cameraman’ but a camera holder for sports photography. I realise that doesn’t appear to have much to do with wildlife, but I’ve been trying to find a good way of taking stills and video at the same time during game drives, and I thought this might fit the bill. Let’s see…